WEBVTT Besides the Younkers fire, there is more news concerning downtown development. That's the shocking death of Bobbie Joe Knapp. The man who went to prison after violating asbestos laws during his renovation of the Equitable building. KCCI's Todd Magel is digging into this unusual story LIVE from the newsroom. Kevin and Stacey, Bob Knapp just got out of federal prison last week. Yesterday afternoon someone near Panora in Guthrie county found his body in a burned out, stolen car. We first met Developer Bob Knapp 14 years ago. He was just beginning to transform the old DM club downtown into a new hotel... The suites of 800 locust .Now he's dead... His body discovered in a stolen and burned out car in a rural area of Guthrie County near Panora. we were all shocked. Trevor Hook was one of Knapps criminal attorneys . Knapp got into trouble in 2005 when he violated asbestos cleanup laws after renovating the iconic Equitable building into condos. He was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison. He was looking forward to last tuesday, the day he was released from prison Friends say Knapp allegedly stole the car from a friend he was staying with in Waukee. It's not clear how he died. But The DCI is looking into all possibilities, including suicide. They don't believe it was foul play. It is odd, nothing surprises us any more, but those are all things we're looking into during his trial,federal prosecutors called knapp greedy for failing to clean up asbestos in the Equitable building... but his attorney says he was a good man, with great ideas about rebuilding downtown Des Moines. whether he could have recreated what is past life was about, you know he probably could have The D-C-I says they won't know a cause of death until toxicology tests are finished and stacey that could be several weeks. Todd, police were actually looking for Knapp before his body was discovered. Apparently he had violated his parole... so federal marshals were trying to track him down as were police for the stolen car. Thanks, Todd.